@jamesjohnson8279
The fact that Erika’s mic had a pyro problem in the semi finals which caused the pyro to EXPLODE and we couldn’t hear it AT ALL in the TV feed is actually WILD. Surely the muted audience noise can’t be kept like that in the future…
@ar50000
Dear COCC, I want to hear the artists saying "thank you" at the end of their song. That's the best bit. Don't fade them down. I am not a lipreader.
@eiramharas
Tommy Cash being that one point behind Israel is gonna haunt me for a while
@user-ub3ru9fv4h
Gabe I'm genuinely so impressed that you continue to use your platform to confront the massive elephant in the contest, especially after you were given such shite reasoning on not getting accreditation this year. Thank you for contiuing to put your principles first and doubling down - i'll sign up to your Patreon after pay day as a wee token and please keep the pressure on for a fairer competition! 🙌
@KathyClysm
Thank you for addressing that the audio broadcasted through the TV and the one press heared in the arena were very different - watching at home, the public vote made a lot of sense to me actually, a lot of fan favourites seemed just kind of... fine? Their energy did not transfer through the screen at all, and yet everyone who was there kept saying they could not understand the results of the public vote cause those artists were so so good. Clearly, the mix used for the broadcast sucked a lot of life out of a number of entries that could have done extremely well otherwise
@emilyrodrigo6733
It was very cathartic to hear you talk about this. This was my first time watching Eurovision again in several years and my partner's first time ever, but I felt sick to my stomach at the end.
@enyas.6662
I was calculating the points that were still left when they announced the public votes and I knew that only a 178 points were left. I never thought I'd be happy about my own country getting 0 points (she deserved so much more!!!) but there I was, utterly relieved when I realised that Austria would get 178. Anyways, I have been watching Eurovision for six years now but this year was the first year where I listened to most of the songs before the contest, watched both semifinals and engaged with a lot of content around the contest before it took place. I discovered your channel during that time and I have really been loving your videos and livestreams last week. Thank you so much for your coverage, it was really cool :)
@trwemoon4676
The moment we heard the host say "one hundred-" and every single soul in europe breathed out a sigh of relief. Definitely the most tense and stressful seconds in Eurovision history. Also... no iceberg video this year ?
@madnessoverload7824
As Overthinking Eurovision put it: the winner from now on will either be israel or the jury winner. Even for casual viewers with no interest in politics, this will get very boring very fast and the contest would lose most of its audience. Also, controversial take: we should bring the juries back to the semis. Someone pointed out that televote-only semis might actually hurt the chances of televote-friendly songs in the final, because they face more competition for those points.
@K-K-OE
Like lyrical mastermind Käärijä described this in Eurodab "one step forward, one step backward, nothing changes and it's messed up. When world is in fire and you are scared, few dabs are in order." Sadly this verse in finnish with eastern finnish dialect words was missing from his and Baby Lasagna's show. But I think it speaks volumes about the problems from the artists point of view. I wonder is this the way critisism needs to be sneaked in to Eurovision show, along face paintings, nails and wrist scarfs. Not my ESC this, anymore. I want the carneval back!
@EarnestScribblr
I’ve been rewatching old Eurovisions this week to deal with the post-Eurovision depression, and I’d forgotten how prevalent (and vital!) the crowd noises were. For example, I’m currently on 2022 and it just sounds so much more…ALIVE compared to this year. Ugh.
@patrickdevlin491
I think the crowd muting was really bad for Australia. I had friends that went to the contest and said it was an absolute stand out and a really good vibe. On TV however the entire sweet sweet yum yum bit was muted and just made it feel awkward to watch and like he wasnt engaging with the crowd at all. Had this have been in the broadcast I think it would have qualified
@rowenadrew9518
Thank you so much for discussing the mixing issues. I was complaining about them all night. I think that there were quite a few songs that were harmed by the lack of audience sound including milkshake man with the call and response and serving. As people watching from home we are given a false sense of the feeling in the crowd.
@Hingetõmbehetk
Thank you so much Gabe for all of your coverage during eurovision week! The livestreams were so much fun! And thank you for being so honest and frank about these topics, it’s like a breath of fresh air in the community
@jaesummers417
Governments should not be allowed to pay for advertisements. Period.
@hippopotamusbosch
I predict the EBU will let this completely collapse before they do anything about this. It will take the withdrawal of several broadcasters or perhaps one of the big five for real reform. Eurovision World should start taking bets on the outcome.
@christiaanvaneekelen5712
unfortunately i don’t think the ebu wil downsize the 20 votes per phone, because of financial reasons for all involved. i think we can agree that we want as much countries participating in esc and this form of income for the ebu is necessary for that to happen. i think a maximum of 3 votes per country with a total of 20 votes is more realistic.
@e.i.3077
I live in Guatemala. My mom usually either ignores or completely forgets every time I’ve mentioned Eurovision but this year she was fully aware of both the contest and of Yuval Rapahel. THAT’S how widespread and aggressive their campaigns were.
@pixie3050
I think having a 5 top ranking system would help, so even those who are voting out of spite have to give votes to others
@oriwhitedeer5762